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Electronic devices and circuits

Op-amp Basics

An Operational Amplifier, or op-amp is a voltage amplifying device designed to be used with external feedback components…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

Discrete Diodes and Thyristors

Discrete diodes and thyristors for low to high-power applications. A wide range of case designs are available in…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

MOSFET as a Switch

MOSFET’s make very good electronic switches for controlling loads and in CMOS digital circuits as they operate between…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

Darlington Transistors

current switching for a given base current The Darlington Transistor named after its inventor, Sidney Darlington is a special arrangement…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

Amplifier

An amplifier is an electronic device or circuit which is used to increase the magnitude of the signal…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

Common Source JFET Amplifier

Common Source JFET Amplifier uses junction field effect transistors as its main active device offering high input impedance…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

Frequency Response

Frequency Response of an amplifier or filter shows how the gain of the output responds to input signals…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)

A Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) has three terminals connected to three doped semiconductor regions. In an NPN transistor,…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

FET Small-Signal Analysis

Field-effect transistor amplifiers provide an excellent voltage gain with the added feature of a high input impedance. They…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob
Electronic devices and circuits

BJT Small Signal Analysis

We frequently use BJTs as a straightforward electrical switch (as described in my previous article on rapid analysis of…

August 19, 2021 · Jacob